On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Kent A. Reed <[email protected]>wrote:
> I don't disagree, Jon, and running a very small network with just a few > hosts helps too. My virulent reaction to the X security model stems from > bad experiences on big networks (hundreds to thousands of hosts) at > universities and national labs. Too often, frustrated users resorted to > "xhost +" > Ah, but if they'd run xhost + <hostname>, the X connection would have been limited to just that <hostname>. Using xhost + all by its lonesome does generate problems though, as you mentioned. > It's hard to believe that X11 is more than 25 years old. I remember when > it was the shiny new thing. I remember too the parade of technologies > which were going to displace it. Each had their turn in the hype machine > known as the technical press, but each disappeared beneath the waves as > their corporate entities sank. I'm still waiting for Wayland to gain > traction. It could still happen in my lifetime....maybe. > If it ain't broke, fix it? ;-) > > Regards, > Kent > Cheers, Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
